Alden (Minnesota)
Freeborn County
27-00838
Alden is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Freeborn County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Alden had 661 inhabitants.
Geography
Alden is located at 43 ° 40'13 " north latitude and 93 ° 34'34 " west longitude and extending over 2.85 km ².
Towns nearby Alden are Freeborn (12,6 km to the north ), Albert Lea (19 km east), Twin Lakes ( 24.1 km southeast), Conger (10.2 km to the southeast ) and Wells (15,6 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (172 km north), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (178 km in the same direction), Rochester (118 km northeast), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (265 km south) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota (261 km west ).
Traffic
South of the center runs in east-west direction with Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the country. The Minnesota State Route 109 operates as the main road through the city of Alden and reaches the confluence with the I 90 its eastern terminus. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved driveways and local roads.
In west-east direction is a railway line for freight traffic through the urban area of Alden.
With the Albert Lea Municipal Airport is located 20.1 km east a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (167 km north).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Alden 661 people in 268 households. The population density was 231.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 268 households lived statistically 2.47 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent White, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.5 percent and 1.5 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity or 3.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 45,682. The per capita income was $ 25,204. 6.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.